Niebuhr continued, we must not stop there: “We cannot derive from our ultimate faith an irresponsible attitude to this perplexing situation in which we stand. We must work while it is day. And we will work the more diligently if we are not harassed by fears of the perils of the night, since we worship a Lord who is Lord of both day and night, having conquered darkness, night, and death in the Cross and the Resurrection.”
